Bridgeport man faces drug charges

Anne M. Amato

Updated 11:04 pm, Saturday, March 30, 2013

STRATFORD -- A raid on a Broadbridge Avenue residence last week resulted in the arrest of a Bridgeport man by State Police on a variety of drug charges.

Edwin Abrams, 31, was charged with possession of narcotics with intent to sell, possession of narcotics within 1,500 feet of a school and operating a drug factory. Abrams was already facing a variety of narcotics violations, according to a State Police report. Bond for the most recent charges was set at $300,000.

On Wednesday, at 7 p.m., members of the Statewide Urban Violence Cooperative Crime Control Task Force's gang unit, with assistance from Stratford Police, executed a search warrant at 2775 Broadbridge Ave. There, detectives seized 185 glassine folds of heroin, a box of powdered heroin, a scale, sifter and packaging materials, among other items, the press release, prepared by Troop G in Bridgeport, said.

The total weight of the heroin was 50 grams, it said.

On Thursday, at 1:10 a.m., members of the task force, with assistance from Bridgeport police, arrested Abrams based on the evidence seized.